[NORMAN LINDSAY]. Oz magazine, London. Issue no. 33. February 1971

A$200 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

London : Oz Publications Ink Limited, February, 1972. Quarto, staple bound, 46 pp, printed in colour; a very fine copy. The Australian satirical magazine Oz was an important phenomenon of the underground press of the 1960s and early 1970s. Initially edited by Richard Neville, Richard Walsh and the artist Martin Sharp (who designed most of the covers as well as contributing cartoons and other art work), it was published in Sydney between 1963 and 1969. A London version was also published from 1967 until 1973, edited by Neville, Jim Anderson and Felix Dennis. Throughout its history a lengthy one for a periodical which was well and truly outside the mainstream press it attracted contributors who were to become influential figures in their respective fields, as well as in the intellectual life of the 60s and beyond. These contributors included such luminaries as Robert Hughes, Bob Ellis, Germaine Greer, Philippe Mora and Michael Leunig. Oz was never anything less than subversive and irreverent, and at times was highly controversial, surviving two obscenity trials in 1964 and 1971. This issue includes: Norman Lindsay cover art. 4p graphics by Condon. OZ subscription ad with Oliver Twist illustration. Vertigo records ad. 2p ‘Raw War’ cartoon. ‘There’s No Business Like Bomb Business’ by Dave Dellinger – A Time to Look at Ourselves, reprinted from Liberation Magazine. National Enquirer Judy Garland graphic by Heathcote Williams. ‘Tales of Sherwood Forest, or: What Shall We Do With th

• Binding: Hardcover

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